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Self management plus usual care was more effective than usual care alone for lower urinary tract symptoms in men

https://doi.org/10.1136/ebm.12.3.73

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    van der Meulen J, Brown CT, Yap T, et al. Self management for men with lower urinary tract symptoms: randomised controlled trial. BMJ 2007;334:25–8.
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 Q In men with lower urinary tract symptoms, is a self management programme effective as a first line intervention?

    Clinical impact ratings GP/FP/Primary care ★★★★★★☆ Surgery—urology ★★★★★☆☆

    METHODS

    Embedded ImageDesign:

    randomised controlled trial.

    Embedded ImageAllocation:

    concealed.*

    Embedded ImageBlinding:

    unblinded.*

    Embedded ImageFollow up period:

    1 year.

    Embedded ImageSetting:

    outpatient departments of 2 urological centres in London, UK.

    Embedded ImagePatients:

    140 men who were >40 years of age (mean age 63 y) and had lower urinary tract symptoms. Exclusion criteria were drug treatment (α blocker, 5 α reductase inhibitor, or anticholinergic drug), recent surgery, complications potentially related to their symptoms, or severe comorbidity.

    Embedded ImageIntervention:

    self management plus usual care (n = 73) or usual care alone (n = 67). Self management consisted of small group sessions (5–8 men) at 1, 2, and …

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    Footnotes

    • ↵* See glossary.

    • For correspondence: Dr J van der Meulen, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK. jan.vanderMeulen{at}lshtm.ac.uk

    • Source of funding: BUPA Foundation Project.